The Fête du Pain returns to Paris from Tuesday May 7 to Thursday May 16, 2024 on the square in front of Notre-Dame Cathedral. In the program ? Reconstructed bakeries, numerous artisan bakers without forgetting of course, the star of this gourmet event, I have named the famous traditional French baguette which will be offered every day throughout this Bread Festival, 2024 edition.
The Bread Festival is back in Paris ! The largest pop-up bakery is once again set up on the Notre-Dame Cathedral square. And for this comeback in the capital, the Bread Festival intends to offer to the young and old gourmets that we are, 10 days of activities and discoveries to live from Tuesday 7 to Thursday 16 May 2024.
For the very curious and the little gourmands, this huge ephemeral bakery is an opportunity to learn everything about the making of bread, pastries and other sweet products thanks in particular to our friends the bakers and pastry chefs of Greater Paris who will have the pleasure of introducing you to their profession through sharing friendly and festive moments.
Please note that not all bread sellers have the right to call themselves “ baker ” Or ” bakery “. Also, the Bread Festival is an opportunity for the profession to highlight its differences, to promote breads made according to the rules of the art and to remind people that good bread has a name: French Traditional Bread.
As a reminder, the Bread Festival was launched in 1996 at the initiative of Jean-Pierre Raffarin, then Minister of SMEs, Commerce and Crafts. Since then, the event has returned every year around May 16, the day of Saint-Honoré, patron saint of millers, flour merchants, bakers and pastry chefs.
On the program for this new and 28th edition of the Bread Festival ? A reconstituted shop, where the bakers of Paris will welcome the most curious to answer all their questions. Whether it’s the various varieties of bread, the secrets of breadmaking, from kneading to baking, including shaping… everything, everything, everything, you will know everything about the essential baguettewhose artisanal know-how and culture have been officially listed as UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage since the end of November 2022!
Also, the Bread Festival is an opportunity to attend demonstrationsbut also to various competition (regional and national competition for the traditional French baguette, competition for the best sandwich, etc.), and award ceremonies (best traditional baguettes from the Ile-de-France region, best croissant in Grand Paris with AOP Charentes-Poitou butter…), without forgetting to treat yourself thanks to the numerous tastings… So, who is good bread and its secrets for?
We reveal where the best baguette of Paris 2024 is! This year, you will have to go to the 11th arrondissement of Paris to taste the best baguette in the capital. The annual competition for the best baguette in Paris delivered its verdict this Thursday, April 25, we tell you everything. [Lire la suite]
Yvelines, Seine-et-Marne, Essonne, Val-d’Oise or even Seine-Saint-Denis… here is where to find and taste the best traditional baguettes 2024 in Île-de-France according to the rankings established during different departmental competitions organized this spring. [Lire la suite]
